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Vendors at the Allawi Market watch as a U.S. Army soldier walks by in the Karkh district of Baghdad, Sept. 2, 2007. The soldier is providing security for a visit to the area by U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, and Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor of the CBS evening news.

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Vendors at the Allawi Market watch as a U.S. Army soldier walks by in the Karkh district of Baghdad, Sept. 2, 2007. The soldier is providing security for a visit to the area by U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, and Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor of the CBS evening news.

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